New Convertors for CD mastering - a first in Australia

Press release, May 2005.

Melbourne's first mastering facility, Dex Mastering, has installed a Digital Audio Denmark 24/96 8-channel A/D-D/A convertor, the 2408. This makes Dex the first CD mastering facility in the country to feature this unit, used on recent projects including Melbourne's Baartz Freeman Sextet and band Lamplightl.

This an enhancement both to our flexibility of operations and maintaining excellence in the audio signal path", says Mastering Engineer Adam Dempseys.

"These recent projects are sounding great - 'pure' and 'open'. Our listening tests, including blind tests against known reference sources, showed that these convertors, although lacking the hype of US makers, are right up there for high-end mastering, as they really impart no 'sound' of their own".

The 2408 supplements the existing 2402 convertor which will go into Suite 2. Both units feature alias-intermodulation distortion filtering, designed to eliminate non-musical harmonic artefacts often generated with typical analogue to digital audio conversion

Recent projects have also included albums for legendary jazz drummer Alan Browne, a live album for Elixir (Katie Noonan of George) and a double CD collection for Neil Murray (Warumpi Band).

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Email: mastering@dexaudio.com.au